Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. DavisMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Extremely good on the history of prisons and how ill-suited they are for their purpose. Not quite as strong on potential alternatives, requiring some pretty radical (and long overdue) changes to society in general over a sustained period of time but these details are skated over in comparison to the rest of the work. Too short a book for a complete solution, a good primer on the fundamental flaws in prisons.
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